Career
He trained at the Drama Studio London and at the Focus Studio, Dublin. Started his acting career playing Doctor John McEwan in the Irish television soap opera Fair City in 1988. His most important role yet may be that of the swordmaster Duncan Idaho in the American television miniseries Frank Herbert"s Dune in 2000.
He founded the Actor"s Bothy at the Chromated Copper Arsenate and co-founded Celtic Mouse Productions (Ireland).
He has produced five short films, two of which were short listed for Oscar consideration. Directing credits include Sixteen Words for Water (nominated for an Irish Times Award), "Breathe" (short film) and "The Playboy Interviews" (art installation film for the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin).
